Voices of a Distant Star: Difference between revisions

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* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: According to ''Words of Love/Across the Stars'', {{spoiler|Noboru had a girlfriend in the one-year silence, which he rationalized away as never having formally hooked up with Mikako. Even after receiving that email, they don't break up until the second year of college. He would later go on to have two more in the eight-year gap leading to her final email.}}

* [[Alien Sky]]: From Agartha's surface, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110915142232/http://duplave.freeblog.hu/files/voices_of_a_distant_star_006.jpg the sky is a green tinge and at least one of its moons] are visible.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Those who missed the newspaper headlines in the movie's finale might misinterpret it as either a [[Downer Ending]] or a [[Bittersweet Ending|bittersweet one]]. However, those headlines report the ''Lysithea'''s victory at Agartha. Additional details like Noboru's Navy uniform in the closet suggest his eventual reunion with Mikako. The supplementary [[Novelization]] states outright that the ''Lysithea'' won the battle, but their FTL drive was damaged beyond repair, so they have no choice but to call for help and wait eight years for the message to reach Earth.

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* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Lysithea'' and its sister vessels of the UN Navy possess [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|a warp engine]] and beam weaponry that can [[Roboteching|curve at right angles]] to hit enemies.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: According to ''Words of Love/Across the Stars'', Mikako's father "stopped coming home", but whether he ran out on the family, died away from home, or something else is not elaborated on.

* [[Earth That Used to Be Better]]: In ''Words of Love/Across the Stars'', it is mentioned that the Scottish Highlands can now only be seen in film. Whether their ceasing to be is due to natural disaster, pollution, war with humans or tarsians, or something else is not mentioned.

* [[False Camera Effects]]: This aspect is particularly impressive and demonstrates [[Makoto Shinkai]]'s attention to detail, giving the anime a greater degree of realism.

* [[Fantastic Romance]]: The degree of separation between Mikako and Noboru is a consequence of FTL Travel.

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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The suits deployed by the UN Navy are called Tracers.

* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Noboru struggles a great deal with whether or not to keep waiting for Mikako, and tries to give up on her a few times. Ultimately, the trope is subverted when he chooses to follow her into space.

* [[Laser Blade]]: Energy swords are part of the Tracer's combat load-out.

* [[Laser Blade]]: Energy swords are part of the Tracer's combat load-out. According to ''Words of Love/Across the Stars'', they're particle cutters rather than the lasers or plasma more commonly seen in SF.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Mikako still wears her school uniform while fighting Tarsians, contrasting the expectation that pilots would be supplied with [[Latex Space Suit|plugsuits]].

* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]: Mikako and Noboru's eventually spans lightyears.